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On 2015-09-25 07:21, Adrian Tymes wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:15 AM,
John Grigg <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div>"The drug, called tolcapone, prolongs the effect of
dopamine in the prefrontal cortex of the brain, a
region involved in the regulation of complex thought
and our emotions. And early tests suggest that it
encourages people who take it to be more fair-minded
when it comes to money."<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-created-a-drug-that-makes-people-more-compassionate"
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<div>Now let's see how many people howl in protest out of
fear it might be used on them. </div>
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My favorite paper ever on enhancement attitudes is <br>
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<div id="gs_cit1" tabindex="0" class="gs_citr">Riis, J., Simmons, J.
P., & Goodwin, G. P. (2008). Preferences for enhancement
pharmaceuticals: The reluctance to enhance fundamental traits. <i>Journal
of Consumer Research</i>, <i>35</i>(3), 495-508.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1055&context=neuroethics_pubs">http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1055&context=neuroethics_pubs</a><br>
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and they found only 9% of the respondents wanted a (fictional)
kindness enhancer. People are not too keen on enhancing what they
think is fundamental to themselves.<br>
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(When professor Julian Savulescu heard of this result during one of
my lectures he shouted "They're wrong!" - he is one of the leading
proponents of moral enhancement.)<br>
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Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
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